WH Chapter 3 Plans Ancient India and China
Date
10/13
10/20
Lesson
Ch. 2 Test
Assign GRR 3.1
Lecture 3.1,
makeup tests,
copy notes,
teach chart
procedures,
assign GRR 3.2
Assignments
Objectives
Due This Day
A-DAY (3RD PERIOD) IS THE NEXT SCHOOL DAY AFTER THE LISTED CALENDAR DAY
GRR 3.1
10/22
Lecture 3.2 & 3.3,
work on “cheat
charts”,
assign Quiz
worksheet 3.3 &
History Through
Literature
GRR 3.2
10/26
Lecture 3.4 ppt.,
work on cheat
charts,
assign GRR 3.4
10/28
Lecture 3.5,
review for test,
assign Quiz
worksheet 3.5
Quiz
worksheet 3.3
& History
Through
Literature
GRR 3.4
10/30
Chapter 3 Test
Quiz
worksheet 3.5
>Students will produce graphic organizers pertinent to Ch. 3 content. Tables, maps,
diagrams may be used during the test.
>Describe the Indian’s subcontinent’s geography.
>Understand the clues archaeology has provided about the rise and fall of the Indus
civilization.
>Analyze the main characteristics of the Aryan civilization and the Vedic Age.
>Explain what ancient Indian epics reveal about Aryan life.
>Group graphic organizer (“cheat charts”) assignment will involve practicing
responsibility to a group, working in group environment.
>Outline the essential beliefs of Hinduism.
>Analyze how the caste system shaped India.
>Understand the key teachings of the Buddha.
>Explore how Buddhism grew and changed as it spread beyond India.
>Analyze how Maurya rulers created a strong central government for their empire.
>Explore the kingdoms that arose across the Deccan.
>Explain why the period of Gupta rule in India is considered a golden age.
>Understand how family and village life shaped Indian society.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION – “Are people by nature good, blank slates, or bad?”
>Understand how geography influenced early Chinese civilization.
>Analyze how Chinese culture took shape under the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
>Describe the religions and belief systems that developed in early China.
>List some achievements of early China.
>Understand how Shi Huangdi unified China and established a Legalist government.
>Describe how Han rulers strengthened the economy and government of China.
>Outline why the Han period is considered a golden age of Chinese civilization.
>Analyze why many Chinese people accepted Buddhist ideas.
>Assess effectiveness of charts, assess learning.